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The Feline CEO: How Following a Cat's Lead Can Make You a Better Business LeaderBook Author
Mar. 2017Are you burned out on the advice offered by most business leadership books? The Feline CEO takes a fresh perspective on leading in today's corporate world, through the lens of feline behavior. Why do cats do what they do? And how can we apply that simple wisdom to business leadership? Through interviews with successful CEOs in companies of all sizes, Lynn explores how they're using cat logic to run their companies...without even realizing it!
Florida State College at JacksonvilleAdjunct Instructor
Mar. 2015 - Jan. 2016Jacksonville, FloridaMarketing and leadership courses included:
Building and Sustaining Your Non-Profit's Board
Get Found Online!
Who and Where Are My Customers?
Supercharging Your Lifelong Career?
Own Your Career: Become an Intrapreneur!
Are You Suited for Entrepreneurship?
The Complete Brand Workshop
OldMaidCatLady.comFounder
Jan. 2010 - Sep. 2019OnlineOldMaidCatLady.com was an online-only retailer of products for cats and cat lovers. A subsidiary of Thompson Writing & Editing, Inc., OldMaidCatLady.com was your premier online source for all things "cat". We're cat lovers like you, and realized that there are all kinds of cool products out there that local pet supply stores can't stock. So we sought those unusual products and had them shipped right to your door.
Thompson Writing & EditingPresident
Oct. 2002Jacksonville, Florida, United StatesI write books that help people do what they do, better. An Author's Guide to Literary Genres helps authors, literary agents, and book publishers to pinpoint a book's optimal literary genre so they can reach their target audience and improve sales.
An Author's Guide to Online Marketing helps authors harness the power of the internet to get free or low-cost publicity for their books by walking them through each step of creating a cohesive, integrated digital marketing program for their books. Many options can be used to tailor that marketing plan for any author's goals.
The Feline CEO helps people become better leaders by giving them a fresh perspective on leadership through the lens of cat behavior. If you're feeling stale, stuck, or stagnant, I help you find a way around your obstacles and out of your rut so you can move forward again and lead your team to new heights!
I also still work with a few authors to help them tell (and sell) their story. This includes manuscript editing, coaching on speaking and media interview skills, author image makeovers, and help with developing a marketing plan for your book. Longtime involvement in leadership roles with the JAX Chamber (Beaches Division board member), the Jax Online Marketing Meetup, and the Shankminds mastermind group. Currently a board member and special awards chair for the Cat Writers' Association.
BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Corp.Environmental Affairs Manager
Jun. 1996 - Apr. 2002Partnered w/ local communities thruout SE U.S. to recycle outdated phone bks. Worked w/ local govt entities, waste & recycling cos, school bds, & Keep America Beautiful affiliates to collect and process OTD. Handled publicity, including live appearances on TV shows, press releases & school promos. Sought end mkts like paper cos, insulation & wallboard mfrs & arranged transportation fm recovery pt to end mkt. Mkts personally handled included (not limited to) Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville, & Broward Co Fla; Charlotte, Raleigh & Chapel Hill NC; Memphis TN; & Miss Gulf Coast. Active in paper & recycling ind orgs like Paper Stock Inds chapter of ISRI & state recycling coalitions in Carolinas, MS & GA. Board mbr, RecycleFlorida Today & Keep Fla Beautiful; speaker at Southeast & Key West Recycling Confs & RFT Annual Conf. Managed trade show exhibits for BAPCO at these orgs' confs & for Yellow Pages Publishers' Association Environmental Network at National Recycling Coalition conf.
BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Corp.Yellow Pages Headings Manager
Jan. 1994 - Jun. 1996Atlanta, GeorgiaAnalyzed new developments in business and industries, as well as trends in how people use the yellow pages, to determine which headings we offered to advertisers in our directories. Before I took on this task, the process involved a sales rep calling on an advertiser who was interested in buying an ad under a heading we did not offer, then completing a request and waiting a year or more before being able to sell an ad there. By transforming this to a more proactive process, I was able to have headings for new categories in place before Sales called on the customers, so they did not miss these ad sales opportunities and advertisers did not miss the opportunity to let people trying to find them know that they were in business.
BellSouth Advertising & Publishingvarious positions
Aug. 1979 - Dec. 1993Worked in numerous sales & marketing positions. Represented the company as an Ambassador with the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce, rising to the level of Master Ambassador.
University of FloridaStudent Assistant
Jun. 1978 - Jun. 1979As a part-time assistant in the University Information branch of the President's Office during my senior year of college, wrote routine columns that ran in the Independent Florida Alligator and press releases that were distributed to newspapers statewide, as well as assisting with prep work on major University media announcements, such as hiring and firing of head football coaches.
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